JUDAISM SOWAAS

Cards (33)

  • THE COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM
    - "I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come" (Genesis)
    - "Every male shall be circumcised when he is eight years old" (genesis)
    - ➡️ "the uncircumcised male...shall have his soul cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant (Genesis)
  • MOSES AND THE COVENANT AT SINAI

    - God told the isrealites that that they would be his "treasured possession" and "A kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (Exodus) - still applies to Jews today
    - Decalogue: 'remember the sabbath day by keeping it holy.' 'Do not murder' 'do not steal
  • GOD AS THE CREATOR
    - "In the beginning god created the heavens and the earth" (genesis) - emphasises gods great power, he creates with just a spoken command
    - "The earth is the lord's, and everything in it" (psalms)
    - Human beings are created "in the image of god" (genesis)
  • GOD AS ONE
    - [ ] "You shall have no other gods before me" (exodus)
    - [ ] First line of shema states "hear O Israel, the lord your god, the lord is one" -> mezuzah also contains words of shema so is a constant reminder of gods oneness
  • GOD AS LAW GIVER
    - [ ] Before he died Moses remained the Israelites to observe the mitzvot "They are not just idle words for you - they are your life" (deuteronomy)
    - [ ] The Talmud states "the mitzvot were given for the purpose of refining people"
  • GOD AS JUDGE
    - [ ] "The lord is our judge, the lord is our lawgiver, the lord is our king." (Isaiah)
    - [ ] "I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that your children may live" (Deuteronomy)
  • THE SHEKHINAH
    - [ ] "When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the lord filled the temple." (2 chronicles:7)
    - [ ] References to shekhinah in temple:
    - [ ] "Whenever ten are gathered for prayer, there the shekhinah rests."
    - [ ] "The shekhinah dwells over the head of the sick person's bed"
    - [ ] "wherever they were exiled, the shekhinah went with them"
  • THE MESSIAH
    - [ ] There will be justice for the poor and needy: "with righteousness he will judge the needy" (isaiah)
    - [ ] There will be peace among all nations: "nation will not take up sword against nation" (Isaiah)
  • THE MITZVOT
    - [ ] Talmud states that: "the mitzvot were given for the purpose of refining people"
    - [ ] "Now choose life, so that you and your children may live" (Deuteronomy) - choose life means to obey the mitzvot
  • SANCTITY OF LIFE
    - [ ] "do not commit murder" (exodus)
    - [ ] "Whoever destroys a life, it is considered as if he destroyed an entire world. And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world" (Talmud)
  • PIKUACH NEFESH
    - [ ] "You shall not stand by the blood of your fellow"(leviticus)
  • ABORTION
    - [ ] "Be fruitful and increase in number" (genesis) - deliberately terminating a pregnancy isn't something any Jew would do with serious consideration
    - [ ] "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart" (Jeremiah) - this shows that the foetus is important
  • EUTHANASIA
    - [ ] Not a sowas but sanctity of life where only god can give or take life -> links to abortion too
    - [ ] "You shall not murder" (exodus)
    - [ ] "If there is anything which causes a hindrance to the departure of the soul, then it is permissible to remove it" (rabbi Isserles)
  • LIFE AFTER DEATH
    - [ ] 13th principle of faith: "I believe with perfect faith that there will be resurrection of the dead" (Maimonides)
  • THE CREATION STORY 🌍
    - [ ] "In the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth" (genesis)
    - [ ] Human beings are created "in the image of god" (genesis)
    - [ ] God's omnipotence is emphasised as he creates with just a word: "let there be light" (genesis)

    - [ ] "The earth is the lords and everything in it" (psalm)
  • STEWARDSHIP
    - [ ] "The earth is the lords and everything in it" (genesis)
    - [ ] "Good people take care of their animals, But wicked people are cruel to theirs" (proverbs)
    - [ ] Not a sowa but Jews believe in tikkun olam which means Jews should work for peace, social justice and caring for the world
  • ANIMAL RIGHTS
    - [ ] "The earth is the lord's and everything in it" (psalm)
    - [ ] "Good people take care of their animals, But wicked people are cruel to theirs" (proverbs)
    - [ ] Humans created "in the image of god" (genesis) - shows they are more important than animals
    - [ ] God says to Noah : "All the animals, birds and fish will live in fear of you. There were placed under your Power. now you can eat them as well as green plants. I give them all to you for food." (Genesis)
  • THE SHEMA
    - [ ] "Hear o Israel the lord our god, the lord is one" (Deuteronomy)
  • SHABBAT
    - [ ] "remember the sabbath day by keeping it holy" (exodus)
    - [ ] "observe the sabbath day by keeping it holy" (Deuteronomy)
  • ROSH HASHANAH
    - [ ] Rosh Hashanah is commanded in the Torah: "On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts" (Leviticus)
    - [ ] "You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea" (Micah)
  • YOM KIPPUR
    - [ ] Yom Kippur is commanded in the Torah: those who do not observe Yom Kippur "must be cut off from their people" (Leviticus)
    - [ ] The Torah commands Jews to "Deny themselves" (Leviticus) on Yom Kippur so Jews fast for 25 hrs
  • SUKKOT
    - [ ] "on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the Lord's festival of tabernacles begins" (Leviticus)
    - [ ] "live in temporary shelters for seven days...so your descendants will know that I had the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I bought them out of Egypt" (Leviticus)
  • PESACH
    - [ ] " the Lord is Passover begins at Twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month" (Leviticus)
    - [ ] " For seven days, you must eat bread, made without yeast" (Leviticus)
  • KOSHER
    - [ ] " you may eat any animal that has a divided hooves and that chews the cud" (Leviticus) e.g sheep
    - [ ] " do not cook, a young goat in its mothers milk" (Deuteronomy)
  • MARRIAGE
    - [ ] God said: " it is not good for the man to be alone I will make him a suitable partner" (genesis)
    - [ ] "a man who has no wife is doomed to existence without joy" (Talmud)
    - [ ] Man and women to become united: "become one flesh" (genesis)
    - [ ] To fulfil the mitzvah: " be fruitful and multiply" (genesis)
    - [ ] "She is worth far more then rubies" (proverbs)
  • SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
    - [ ] " be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis)
    - [ ] " when a man and his wife unite sexually in holiness the Shekhinah rests between them" (Maimonides)
  • CONTRACEPTION
    - [ ] Gods first instruction to Adam and Eve was to "be fruitful, and multiply" (Genesis)
  • HOMOSEXUALITY
    - [ ] " You shall not lie with a male, as with a woman; it is an abomination" (Leviticus)
    - [ ] " Love your neighbour as yourself" (Leviticus)
  • FAMILY
    - [ ] Most Jews regard having children as a mitzvah " be fruitful, and multiply" (Genesis)
    - [ ] "Honour your father and mother" (exodus)
    - [ ] Not a sowaa but Judaism teaches that:
    - [ ] Family is at the centre of Judaism
    - [ ] Children are a gift from god
    - [ ] Children should be brought up in a family
    - [ ] Children should be taught about Judaism in the home
    - [ ] Parent must take care of their children
    - [ ] Children must respect their parents and care for them when they are old
  • CIRCUMCISION - BRIT MILAH

    - [ ] " Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant" (Genesis)
    - [ ] " every male among you shall be circumcised" (genesis)
  • DEATH AND MOURNING
    - [ ] " then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days" (genesis)
  • DIVORCE
    - [ ] " if a man divorces his wife, first, even the altar of the temple shed tears" (Talmud)
    - [ ] " if a man marries a woman who becomes displeasing to him, because he finds something indecent about her, and he writes her certificate of divorce, gives it to her and sends her from his house." (Deuteronomy)
  • GENDER EQUALITY
    - [ ] All Jews believe that women and men are of equal value as persons, since both are made "in the image of God" (Genesis)